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24740

16,498 Population
30.6 square miles 538.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$32,484 ±$5,178 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $30,022 ±$1,231
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$44,793 ±$5,624 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $50,550 ±$3,434
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

18.4% ±5% (3,008  ±835) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 17.3% 16,432 (±1.5% / ±1,420)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

20.5 minutes ±1.9 (127,220  ±18,335) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 25.1 870,825 (±1.2 / ±48,310)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

7,023 ±391 Number of households
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 40,514 ±790
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.1 (16,333  ±1,066) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 2.4 95,165 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

3.7% ±4.5% (123  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 4.8% † 977 (±1.3% / ±259)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

8,211 ±442 Number of housing units
  • the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 49,113 ±72
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$132,300 ±$18,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: $120,000 ±$5,396
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

11.5% ±3.2% (1,892  ±534) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 8.1% † 7,929 (±1.2% / ±1,154.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

90.9% ±4.5% (10,783  ±848.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 88.1% 61,903 (±2.5% / ±1,727.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
22.7% ±3% (2,698  ±387.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 20.3% 14,264 (±1.2% / ±874.9)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.3% (53  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 0.9% 869
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

9.4% ±1.7% (1,193  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bluefield, WV-VA Micro Area: 7.2% 5,569 (±0.6% / ±501)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
1,193 Total veterans ±231 1,117 Male ±213 76 Female ±51

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